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Deutsche Wappen (Gemeindewappen/Kreiswappen)
German Civic Heraldry

KONSTANZ

(KN)

State : Baden-Württemberg
Additions : 1972 Stockach

Origin/meaning:
The old (left) arms were granted on July 26, 1957.

The arms show quartered a fish, as a symbol for the fisheries and the position on the border of Lake Bodensee, and the cross of the monastery of Konstanz.
The cross of the monastery differs only from the cross of the city (see Konstanz) in the colour. The district is made up of the larger part of the properties of the monastery, with the exception of the areas which are now in Switzerland.

The new arms were granted on April 25, 1974, and show in the third quarter the deer antlers taken from the arms of the former Stockach district.

Literature : Stadler, K. : Deutsche Wappen - Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Angelsachsen Verlag, 1964-1971, 8 volumes.


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